Two of the three cross-dressing prostitutes involved in the scandal with Ronaldo have admitted lying about having sex and using drugs with the AC Milan striker.
The 31-year-old Brazil international is in his home country as he recovers
from a cruciate ligament injury and has become embroiled in controversy after
contracting the services of the transvestites - believing them to be women - and
taking them to a motel.
Ronaldo is then said to have tried to get out of the situation after one of
the men went in search of drugs.
Two of them accepted pay-offs of 1,000 reais (£300), but Ronaldo has claimed
that the third, named as Andreia Albertini, demanded 50,000 reais (£15,000) and
threatened to post a video on the internet if he was not paid.
Two of the prostitutes have now withdrawn their allegations, volunteering the
information to local police.
Police inspector Carlos Augusto Nogueira said: 'There was no drugs or sex
that night.
'They said that they invented it all because they failed to receive the money
they intended as extortion.'
Ronaldo's relationship with Maria Beatriz Anthony ended as a result of the
scandal, while a number of his endorsements are under threat.